Tailor s measure



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Skeet 1. I. GBRACI. TAILORS MEASURE.

Patented Aug. 9, 1892..

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

I. GERAGI." TAILORS MEASURE.

Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IGNATIUS GERACI, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

TAILORS MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,579, dated August9, 1892.

Application filed April 28, 1892- Serial No. 431,016. (No model.)

measurements for accomplishing an accurate cutting of garments for theupper part of the body. V

The invention consists in a tailors or dressmakers measuring instrumentembracing the features of construction and novel combinations of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is aperspective of my improved tailors measure. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail View. Fig. 4 shows amodification in the construction of a portion of the instrument.

Referrin gto the drawings, thenumerall designates a side bar, whichsupports at or about its center a plumb 2, preferably consisting of apivotal and weighted pointer 3, arranged to coact with a V-shaped notch4 or other suitable mark at the upper end of the plumb body. If desired,the greater part of the plumb-pointer 3 may be inclosed in a casing 5,attached to the outer side of the instrument. The purpose of the plumbis to enable the instrument to be placed in a perfectlylevel position,so as to secure accurate measurements. The side bar 1 supports a rearbar 6 and a front bar 7, each of which projects horizontally and atright angles from the side bar, and is adjustably attached thereto so asto be readily moved forward and backward as required, in order to befitted against the back and chest of the person to be measured. Theadjustable attachment of each of the bars 6 and 7 to the side bar 1 mayconsist of a plate 8, cast on the attaching end of said bar 6 or 7 andat right angles thereto, and a plate 9, secured to the plate 8 andparallel therewith by means of screw-bolts 10 or other fastenings, sodisposed as to form apassage-way between the said plates 8 and 9 forreceiving the side bar 1, on which the said plates will thus be adaptedto slide for the purpose of adjusting the rear bar 6 or front bar 7, asthe case may be. The plates 9 on the outer surfare of the side bar 1 areeach provided with a tubular boss 11, open at both ends and inclosing aspring-plunger or friction-block 12, held in place by an adjusting-screw13, which can be tightened or loosened to vary the pressure of thespring friction-block on the side bar, and thereby connect the bars 6and 7 more or less firmly to the supporting side bar, but yet permitthem to be readily adjusted thereon. It will thus be seen that theconnected plates 8 and 9 form slides for adjustably supporting thetransversely-arranged front and rear bars on the side bar, while thefriction-blocks 12 and screws 13 afford a means for tightening orloosening said slides on the supporting side bar. In practice the screws13 will be tightcued-only sufficiently to cause the frictionblocks 12 toexert such pressure on the side bar 1 as to hold the bars 6 and 7 in theposition to which they may be moved, and yet enable them to be moved toany other required position without manipulating said screws.

On the front bar 7 is a slide 14, which may support an arm 15, carryinga scale-plate 16 at its upper end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. To a lugl7, projecting from the front of the slide 14:, is pivotallyconnectedadownwardlyswinging gage-arm 18, having on its upper end anindex finger or pointer 19, arranged in contact with the face of thescale-plate. The swinging gage-arm 18 should have a length of about nineinches, more or less, and is designed, in connection with the scale 16and pointer 19, to indicate the slope of the front of the body or trunkfrom breast to waist.

To the inner side of the side bar 1, at or near the base of the plumb 2,is attached one end of a measuring-tape 20, by which the several bodymeasurements can be conveniently made in any approved or well-known.manner.

This instrument is arranged for use by holding the side bar 1 in ahorizontal position parallel with and against the left side of the body,with the rear portion of the side bar 1 close up in the axilla andprojecting rear- Wardly therefrom, the plumb 2pressed against the frontof the shoulder, the rear bar 6, adj usted against and across the back,and the front bar 7, adjusted against and across the chest. By observingthe indications of the plumb 2 the instrument can be readily leveled, soas to be held in the proper position for aid in making accuratemeasurements. When the instrument is properly held, the swinginggage-arm 18 will be suspended in the median line of the body, andthrough the scale 16 and pointer 19 the slope from breast to waist canthus be readily ascertained and marked. By means of the rear bar 6 andmeasuring-tape 20 the armhole-dip can be accurately noted or measured,and the said measu rin g-tape will also afford a convenient means fortaking the several body measurements.

Instead of supporting the scale-plate 16 above the slide 14, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the said slide 14 may be provided with a rigid downwardand outward projecting arm 21, as shown in Fig. 4, and on the lowerportion of this arm 21 is attached a pointer 19, to. enact with ascale-plate 16, supported on and projecting forward from the lower endof a depending gage-arm 18, having its upper end pivotally attached tothe slide, the operation of the said parts being the same as alreadydescribed.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a tailors measuring-instrument,the combination, with a side bar provided with a plumb, of a front barsupported in a horizontal position on the side bar, a slide mounted onthe front bar and carrying a scale-plate, and a pivotally-supportedswinging gage-arm having a pointer or index-finger, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a tailors measuring-instrument, the combination, with a side barprovided with a plumb, of an adjustable rear bar, an adjustable frontbar, and an adjustable swinging gage-arm supported on the front bar andprovided with a scale and index-finger, substantially as described.

3. A tailors measuring-instrinnent consisting of a supporting side barprovided with a plumb, an adjustable rear bar supported on the side bar,a front bar adj ustably mounted on the side bar, a swinging gage-armcarried bya slide on the front bar and provided with a scale andpointer, and a measuring-tape attached to the side bar, substantially asdescribed.

4. A tailors measuring-instrument comprising a supporting side barprovided with a plumb, front and rear bars provided with slides foradjustable connection with the side bar, and adjustable friction devicescarried by said slides, substantially as described.

5. A tailors measuring-instrument comprising a supporting side bar, aplumb, front and rear bars adj ustably mounted on the side bar, anadjustable gage-arm carried by the front bar and provided with a scaleand index-finger, and a measuring-tape attached to one of the bars,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

IGNATIUS GERACI.

Witnesses:

W. N. WAMSLEY, WM. H. J ONES.

